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March 21, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Bodhinatha's travel page has been updated. See the side bar link on the right. ~~~~~~~~~~~ END OF PHASE Today is the last day of our phase. This edition of TAKA will remain posted over our coming two-day retreat, until Dasami Tithi, Sun One, Friday,...
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March 20, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sun Five of our six-day phase. Today the Ganapati Kulam gave their weekly report. Much work going on in the publication world. Here is a short list: Intense focus on completion of Version 1 of Hinduism Digital Edition Software for delivery of interactive PDF's...
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March 19, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Surya who is moving from Honolulu to Salt Lake City decided to get Bodhinatha's blessings before his big move. He loves reading Hinduism Today and expressed to Bodhinatha that he would like to help promote Gurudeva's work in the US and was very grateful...
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March 18, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Here is Bodhinatha arriving at the airport in Malaysia, being showered with flower by the devotees.. At the Aadheenam today, the monks have been out cleaning all day. The rains stopped finally, and we had a lovely moon, stars and a bit of sun...
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March 17, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Today was the auspicious day of Chitra and our monthly Pada Puja for Gurudeva. Sadhaka Jivanandanatha and Sadhaka Dandapani perform the rites. Jai Gurudeva! Here is the image we linked to yesterday... -- a mountaintop-consciousness view of our island. That's Kauai as seen from...
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March 16, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Sun One today, begins a new phase. Many of you likely have heard about the failure of a dam on Kauai. It caused a flood in Kilauea about ten miles from here which washed away several homes at daybreak Tuesday. Two people are confirmed...
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March 12, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? ISLAND DAM BREAKS: A QUICK NOTE IS ADDED TO TAKA TO REASSURE EVERYONE THAT THE RECENT BREAK IN A RESERVOIR THAT CAUSED DAMAGE AND LOST LIVES DID NOT AFFECT THE MONASTERY. THE DAM WAS ABOUT 20 MILES AWAY FROM THE MONASTERY. BUT WE ARE...
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March 11, 2006What Happened Today at the Monastery? Nanjappa Siddalingaiah and wife are visiting from Chicago. They are devotees of Sri Balagangadaranathaswami of Bangalore, India. In fact it was swami that told them they had to go visit the temple in Hawaii. Rupa and her father are on pilgrimage to Kauai. Yesterday...